NSW Premier calls for more people to take up a trade

Carpenter Jordan Warner is making a fortune from his trade. Picture: InstagramSource:Instagram

We’ve heard which trades make the most and in which states — now it’s been revealed just how many tradies are raking in the big bucks.

New data shows more than a quarter of tradesmen in Australian are earning $100,000 a year.

And no surprises here — most of them are men.

The ServiceSeeking.com.au survey of 1800 people found the gender divide was more apparent than ever before, with 75 per cent of this group identifying as male.

It’s also the older men who are pulling in six figures.

Tradies earning more than $100k a year are likely to be between the ages of 40 and 53.

Only 16.2 per cent of Gen Y and 0.77 per cent of Gen Z are earning this type of money now.

They also found the likelihood of hitting that figure increased considerably if you are an electrician, handyman, painter, or in property maintenance or construction.

Earlier this year it was revealed removalists actually make the most cash.

Carpenter Jordan Warner is making a fortune from his trade. Picture: InstagramSource:Instagram

A tradie rich list for the 2018 financial year has removalists from New South Wales in the top spot with their charge-out rates rising to a whopping $95.21 per hour. In 2017 their average hourly rate was $88.49 per hour.

The data, which was broken down state-by-state, shows that South Australian removalists also managed to top their state’s list for highest-paid tradies, despite a drop in hourly rates from $102.32 in 2017 to $94.83 per hour in 2018.

The national average for removalists was $93.24 per hour.

In second place were plumbers, earning $10 per hour less ($83.04) than the average Aussie removalists, followed by electricians, handymen and carpenters.

The list is rounded off by landscapers, plasterers, gardeners, painters and cleaners, who are in 10th spot with an average hourly wage of $33.41.